Attachment Theory Expanded: Security Dynamics in Individuals, Dyads, Groups, and Societies (Hardcover)

I. Attachment Theory: Its Original Version and Our Expansion of It
1. Attachment Theory and Security Dynamics
2. An Outline of the Expanded Theory
3. The Expanded Theory in Relation to Other Social-Psychological Theories
II. Seeking and Attaining Felt Security: The Distress−Relief Cycle Involving Proximity Seeking and Others’ Responsiveness
4. Facing Threats and Challenges: Seeking a Safe Haven and Secure Base for Exploration
5. A Cost of Becoming Attached: Facing the Threat of Attachment-Figure Unavailability
6. Feeling Protected and Supported: Calming and Empowering Effects
7. Feeling Protected and Supported: Security-Enhancing Effects
III. Intrapersonal, Relational, and Societal Implications of Attaining or Failing to Attain Security
8. The Broaden-and-Build Effects of Felt Security: Resilience, Subjective Well-Being, and Mental Health
9. The Broaden-and-Build Effects of Felt Security: Mature, Other-Oriented Love
10. The Broaden-and-Build Effects of Felt Security: Personal Growth and Autonomous Relatedness
11. Thwarted Security and the Development of Anxious and Avoidant Patterns of Self-Regulation and Relating
IV. Epilogue
12. Wrapping Up, Taking Stock
Appendices
References
Index